6 things to know about the striking 'Orange Is the New Black' newbie, Ruby Rose

Australian actress Ruby
Rose plays new inmate Stella Carlin on "Orange Is the New
Black."Netflix

Note: Mild spoilers ahead.

If you've binged at least halfway through Netflix's newly
released third season of "Orange Is the New Black," then you've
probably noticed an attractive new inmate with eyes for Piper
(Taylor Schilling).

“Stella is sort of an androgynous, cool, charismatic, and
charming girl who I think also is pretty gender-fluid,” Rose told
EW.

From left, Taylor
Schilling and Ruby Rose on the third season of "Orange Is the New
Black."Netflix

She also may play a role in creating friction between Piper and
her on-and-off girlfriend, Alex (Laura Prepon).

“She definitely causes some waves,” added the
model-turned-actress.

Since Rose is a relative newcomer to acting, especially on this
side of the world, Business Insider rounded up some information
about the up and comer.

Here are six things to
know about Ruby Rose:

1. Rush came out as a lesbian at the age of
12, and her first crush was Mariah
Carey.

“I was pretty certain we were
going to end up together,” she told
Vanity Fair.

2. She doesn't
like to be labeled as a model.

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Rose began her modeling career
when she came in second in a 2002 model search by Australian teen
magazine "Girlfriend." She told Rolling
Stone, "I don't think of
myself as a model."

3. She used to be a VJ on MTV Australia.

Rose decided to leave her
acting studies behind and work for MTV Australia,
but “always had
acting in the back of my mind,” she said to
EW.

But she still preferred being
an MTV VJ to modeling. "Being a model there is always
something they want to change. Whether they want someone a little
bit skinnier, a little bit taller, a little bit prettier, but MTV
want you to be yourself ... not censoring anything and not
conforming to anything," she told Australia's
Herald Sun.

Of her many tattoos, she has
"Just Love" written across her knuckles and cartoon characters
like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Astro Boy, as well as
Tank Girl, reported Vanity Fair.

5. She's in a pretty serious
relationship.

Rose is engaged to Phoebe
Dahl, a clothing designer and the granddaughter of the
children’s-book-author Roald Dahl, according to Vanity Fair. Rose
has Phoebe's name tattooed on her back inside a red heart.

6. She wrote, produced,
and starred in a short film titled "Break Free." The
five-minute short film on gender identity went viral on social
media and helped get Rose noticed by casting agents. Watch it here.
(Note: Some parts are NSFW.)A still from Ruby Rose's
short film "Break Free."Ruby Rose,
YouTube